CURTIS STEWART Synopsis of Self Curtis Stewart is a Life Management and Enrichment Strategist. He has a proven track record in mentoring and life coaching. Curtis is the second youngest of 8 children born to Sylvia & Ivan Stewart. He enjoyed a traditional Jamaican upbringing with deeply entrenched Christian values and firm attitudes to formal educational achievement. Extra curricular activities like his early love for football were deemed ‘play’ in which his parents saw no real value or benefit. Consequently, Curtis was encouraged to focus time and energy solely on academia. Curtis excelled in school with particular success in mathematical studies. This led to a career in Accounting, Commercial Insurance and Information Technology. Curtis was one of a handful of Afrikan Caribbean workers in a prestigious, market leading blue chip company where he worked for over 23 years. Curtis led a team of 8 in the accounting department where his problem solving skills were quickly recognized. In his latter years he was given the unique overall responsibility for undertaking strategic diagnostics and change management. Curtis enjoyed this role but the childhood passion to follow a dream and make a real and significant difference continued to burn within. He had a vision in which he supported the development of others. Curtis realized his dream when he was offered a redundancy package. For the past 6 years Curtis has tapped into the power within to capture the essence of self, thus freeing self. He has used the liberation of this as a springboard to motivate others to ‘dream big and aim high’ secure in the knowledge that dreams can become one’s reality. The concept of investing in self is the overriding aim of Curtis’s approach. To this end, he has adopted a systematic approach to enablement and empowerment leading to life long sustainable change.